This squirrel pretty much begged for my attention while I was walking around the Northwest Forest Conference Center near Houston last week. I ended up taking maybe 15 different pics of him (her?), and this one might be the best.
He just sat on the branch posing for me as I took shot after shot….what a character!
There are so many reasonz to love the Internetz, and here’s one of mine: I, a complete hack photographer, can occasionally make a little bit of coin by selling photos for commercial publication. How cool is that?
This photo, of a lighthouse called “Terrible Tilly” off the Oregon coast (as seen from Ecola State Park), will apparently be used in the May issue of Seattle Magazine. (They’re doing a coastal feature from what I understand.)
I’ve previously sold photos to the Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau for their 2008 Visitors’ Guide, and to a company based in western Washington for their 2008 company calendar.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not going to retire on any of this; it’s just a little extra spending money. But I’m going to be out taking photos everywhere I go regardless, so if I can get a little scratch back for my efforts, fantastic.
Thank you, Flickr. And thank you, Seattle Magazine.
A couple weeks ago, I was invited to speak at SearchFest 2008, which took place at the Portland Zoo. In the offices/conference area, not in the monkey habitat. 
As the event was winding up, the zoo gates closed and since we were already inside the grounds, I basically had the run of the place. As a zoo lover, I couldn’t resist. I’ll get around to posting more photos to Flickr down the road, but this polar bear shot is one of my faves so it gets uploaded first.
Magnificent animal, isn’t it?
We’re having a summer sneak preview these days: Temperatures are in the 50s and low 60s, and the warm weather had me looking through some pix I took last summer around the Tri-Cities. This one is from the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington.
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Looks like someone didn’t read my How to Market on Flickr guide. Tsk-tsk.
And how stupid do you have to be to link to all your spammy profiles at every other social site? Obviously a rookie spammer.
Update, Sunday afternoon: I submitted that profile via Flickr’s “report abuse” form, and just about 16 hours later, the account has been killed. Nice.
If you’re finding this site from the Tri-Cities Visitor & Convention Bureau’s annual Visitors Guide — welcome! My name’s Matt and I’m a Tri-Cities resident since 1994. MattMcGee.com is very much a work-in-progress at the moment, so pardon the sparse content.
It’s a real honor to have some of my photos selected for use in the Visitors Guide, esp. since I’m not a professional photographer! I do love photography, though, and have sold pictures to a couple organizations recently. If you’d like to see more of my photos, here are a few links to the Flickr photo sharing web site:
Feel free to look around and leave a comment if you see a photo you like!
